German Bundesliga Prediction - Borussia Dortmund VS VfB Stuttgart
German Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund VS VfB Stuttgart
Match Time: 07-04-2024 00:30 Sunday (GMT+8)
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Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund will be without Ramy Bensebiani for the remainder of the season after the full-back picked up a severe knee issue while on international duty with Algeria. He will be missed badly by the club in the late run-in for the UEFA Champions League spots.
There are also considerable doubts about Donyell Malen, who missed the Bayern Munich clash with a thigh issue and seems to be still nursing the problem. However, Edin Terzic will have first-choice goalkeeper Gregor Kobel available again after a stomach problem kept him out of the Bayern Munich clash. At the same time, Marcel Sabitzer also returns after serving a suspension that saw him miss Der Klassiker.
Despite the returning stars, Terzic will ponder naming the same starting lineup that beat Bayern Munich. Hence, a midfield trio of Emre Can with Felix Nmecha and Julian Brandt on either side will take the field. Nico Schlotterbeck and Mats Hummels will provide the central defensive cover for Dortmund, with Julian Ryerson and Ian Maatsen operating in the full-back roles.
With Malen likely to remain absent, Jadon Sancho will assume the role on the right side of the front three, with Karem Adeyemi on the left and Niclas Fullkrug leading the line for Terzic’s men.
Probable Lineup (4-3-3): Kobel; Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen; Nmecha, Can, Brandt; Sancho, Fullkrug, Adeyemi
VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart have a few key problems ahead of this daunting trip to the Westfalenstadion. Sebastian Hoeness will miss key defender Waldemar Anton due to a suspension, while former Dortmund centre-back Dan-Axel Zagadou also misses out and will not play any part for the remainder of the season.
Similarly, Nikolas Nartey is also working hard to get back into shape as he continues to recover from knee surgery. Anthony Rouault is close to making a return from a broken jaw, but the Borussia Dortmund game might come too soon for Hoeness’s liking.
However, if Hoeness cannot find any option, he might dispatch Rouault in action at the back and partner Hiroki Ito in the heart of the defence. The manager will stick with his 4-2-3-1 shape ahead of the trip to Dortmund.
Deniz Undav and Serhou Guirassy will continue to start after breaking Stuttgart’s club record for league goals scored by an attacking duo. Their tally of 38 is one better than what Jurgen Klinsmann and Karl Allgower managed in the 1985-86 season.
Probable Lineup (4-2-3-1): Nubel; Vagnoman, Rouault, Ito, Mittlestadt; Dahoud, Stiller; Leweling, Undav, Fuhrich; Guirassy
Borussia Dortmund vs VfB Stuttgart Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
*Borussia Dortmund have a good recent record against VfB Stuttgart and have won 24 out of the last 48 matches played between the two teams, as opposed to VfB Stuttgart's 13 victories.
*VfB Stuttgart have won each of their last two matches against Borussia Dortmund in all competitions - as many such victories as they had achieved in the 23 such games preceding this run.
*Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart have both won 23 points apiece in the second half of the season in the Bundesliga - only Bayer Leverkusen have outperformed them in the competition during this period.
*Borussia Dortmund have won their last five matches in all competitions and have achieved a better run on only one previous occasion this season.
*VfB Stuttgart are unbeaten in their last nine matches in the Bundesliga
Prediction: Borussia Dortmund 2-1 VfB Stuttgart
Stuttgart has many reasons to feel optimistic about getting a result away from home, including a nine-game unbeaten run heading into this contest. The visitors are also in good scoring form, and Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic may have a close eye on that. However, Dortmund come into this game on the back of four consecutive wins and a boost in confidence after beating Bayern Munich away from home. Moreover, with a special occasion brewing at the Westfalenstadion on Saturday, they wil give their best to take all three points but might concede an odd goal in the process.
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